Finding Out About Food
Finding Out About Food is an introductory textbook for food technology lessons and was written for students aged nine to fourteen. Each chapter contains a number of self-contained units and comprises experiments and practical activities, and ends with sets of questions and quizzes to reinforce understanding. Ideas are also given…
Corrosion: the Virus of Engineering
From the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this publication looks at the process and problems caused by the corrosion of metals. The first part of the publication gives background information for students on elements, atoms, ions and electrochemical reactions involved in rusting. This helps students to understand how different…
Flywheels in Engineering
This publication, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), looks at the topic of flywheels and how they can be used to store or smooth energy flows. The book initially provides information for students on the following topics: • The energy-storage system • Cyclicity of supply • Energy and system energy…
Nuffield Home Economics: People and Homes
People and Homes was one of the four topics that featured as a separate area of study in the Nuffield Home Economics course for students aged 14–16. Students were encouraged to recognise the inter-relationships between people and their home environments. The topic drew together themes which had been studied in the three other…
Nuffield Home Economics: Nutrition
Nutrition was one of the four topics that featured as a separate area of study in the Nuffield Home Economics course for students aged 14–16. The course emphasised the influence of food choice on health. The authors appreciated that entrenched attitudes to food and feeding are as likely to influence dietary practice as reasoned…
Nuffield Home Economics: Food Science
Food Science was one of the four topics that featured as a separate area of study in the Nuffield Home Economics course for students aged 14–16. The course was designed to help students understand the scientific principles underlying the practical work they would do in preparing and cooking food. The course provided opportunities…
Nuffield Home Economics: Fibres and Fabrics
Fibres and Fabrics was one of the four topics that featured as a separate area of study in the Nuffield Home Economics course for students aged 14–16. The aim was to allow students to learn textile science in a way that would be useful to them in everyday life. The emphasis in the course was on learning about the industrial…
Nuffield Home Economics: The Basic Course
The Basic Course of Nuffield Home Economics was designed for students aged 11–14. The project was supported by the Nuffield Foundation and devised in collaboration with trial schools and with industrial consultants. Aims The course aimed to: • provide students with a sound knowledge of the major concepts of home…
Primary Technology - Using Stories from History
Produced by the Association for Science Education (ASE), this book looks at technology from an historical perspective and through a series of engaging stories, each of which is linked with possible design-and-make projects. The stories in the book are: Children of the Grasses In ancient Egypt, children collect papyrus to make…
Computers Helping with Designing at Key Stage Two
Produced by the Nuffield Foundation, these materials describe activities that challenge children to produce a design for a vehicle. It must be suitable for use as a storage and transport vehicle for some of the equipment used in a fairground. The vehicle should be eye catching, so that it attracts attention from the public as it…
Where We Live
Aimed at Years Three and Four, this Ginn Technology book is about the technology involved in holidays, communication and sport. It is part of a series that includes At Home, In School, Where We Live, Just for Fun and Discovery. The resource has a high standard of drawn and photographic illustrations, supported by clear, concise…
Teachers' Resource File Years One and Two
This extensive resource from Ginn Technology includes an introductory section offering detailed guidance on planning and implementing technology work in the classroom, as well as separate teachers’ notes for Years One and Two. The material is based on the original version of the technology national curriculum and references…
Group Discussion Book
This Ginn Technology resource comprises a set of 33 full colour photographs that can be used as starting points for class discussions about design and technology in a wide range of different contexts, situations and times. There is no text to accompany each photograph, but a series of suggested general questions are provided: •…
Just for Fun
Aimed at Years Three and Four, this Ginn Technology book is about the technology involved in holidays, communication and sport. It is part of a series that includes At Home, In School, Where We Live, Just for Fun and Discovery. The resource has a high standard of drawn and photographic illustrations, supported by clear, concise…
In School
Aimed at Years Three and Four, this Ginn Technology book is about the technology involved in school buildings, libraries, pet’s homes and school fetes. It is part of a series that includes At Home, In School, Where We Live, Just for Fun and Discovery. The resource has a high standard of drawn and photographic illustrations,…
Teachers’ Resource File Years Three and Four
This extensive resource file from Ginn Technology includes an introductory section offering detailed guidance on planning and implementing technology work in the classroom, as well as separate teachers’ notes for Years Three and Four. The notes and worksheets are directly linked to the five students’ books. The material…
LAMP Topic Brief 9: Paints and Dyes
This Topic Brief was published as part of the ASE’s LAMP Project. This unit was developed from work carried out with non-academic boys and girls in the age range 14 to 16 years. It was tried with some success on groups of between 12 and 15 in an urban comprehensive school of 1750 pupils. The average reading age of the pupils…
The IQ3 Microcontroller Module
From the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this book looks at a self-contained programmable device called the IQ3 which is capable of use in a wide variety of engineering contexts ranging from simple door interlocking to production line control and robotics. The IQ3 has four outputs each capable of sourcing approximately…
Electronics 14 to 16
This textbook from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) is intended to introduce students to making electronic devices and systems. It looks at important electronic components and how they can be put together to perform useful tasks. How to design and make electronic circuits is aided by descriptions of how components are assembled…
Structures 14 to 16
This book, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), helps students to consider the design of man-made structures. Data, mathematics, computer modelling and actual scale models are all used in deciding if a structure's final design will work. The book looks at structural principles and applies them to designing…
Control Technology 14 to 16
Published by Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) this book is designed to show examples of key control principles. The focus is on design and construction of systems. Each of the six design and make tasks is intended to occupy 5-10 hours of curriculum time and the projects are: • Designing and making a thermochromic display •…
Energy
These materials, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), are a design and make project investigating the micro-climate of a school's grounds to decide the best location for a solar panel or wind generator. Students are required to undertake the following tasks: • Use instrumentation • Design and…
Manufacturing 14 to 16
This book, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) includes six design challenges. These cover: • Engineering in miniature • Simple mouldings: design and manufacture of an injection moulded product • Designing and making a 'hi-tech' pen • Designing and making a desk top chronometer •…
Mini DC Generator
This publication, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) explains how a generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. To understand how this happens, students need to know something about magnetic fields and what happens when a conductor such as copper wire is moved within a magnetic field. The booklet…
Shadow Air Muscle 14 to 16
This publication, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), is about the Shadow Air Muscle. This is a new kind of device for producing movement and is commercially available from the Shadow Robot Company. This book covers some activities that can be carried out using the 'muscle', to design devices such as: •…
Low Pressure Pneumatics
This Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) publication is about the TEP low-pressure pneumatics system. This provides a comprehensive teaching resource made up of low-cost components connected by standard PVC tubing. The system offers excellent performance at pressures as low as 0.5 bar for a fraction of the price of commercial…
An Introduction to Polymers
Published by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this booklet provides an introduction to plastics, their history in product design and methods of working with thermoplastics. The text presents a range of valuable resource materials in TEP’s standard photocopiable format. It also includes sections on places to visit,…
Optical Systems
This publication, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) covers optics and optical principles which are used in a wide range of products and communication systems. These include, for example, measuring instruments, cameras, machine tools, video cameras, CD players and fibre-optic-based communication systems. A whole range…
Young Technologist's Handbook
Produced for the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this book contains a comprehensive selection of useful descriptions and reference information on the properties of materials, manufacturing processes, ergonomics and electronics. This pulls together a wide range of data into a single publication, accessible to students aged…
Structures Post-16
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this book contains five design and make challenges and seven study files. The materials and activities help students to investigate structures and the use of resistant materials. The study units look at, and help students to practise, skills and techniques used in the production…
Electronics Post-16
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this book introduces the world of electronics by looking at some important electronic components and how they can be put together to perform useful tasks. Projects in designing and making electronic circuits are included. Products that are set as design and make challenges…
Control Systems
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B units called ‘Breathing and circulation’ and ‘Food and digestion’, also from the S unit ‘Circuits’. This D unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a Further Science course and built on the content of the S units…
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